Battle of ballots in New York City election centers
New York reports show more than half the mayoral vote cast by noon under light rain. Gaynor leads at 2 to 1 amid widespread ticket splitting and arrests for illegal voting. Ohio and Indiana races emphasize tax, liquor, and next legislature control as Republicans and Democrats clash. Illinois and Utah vote counts focus on prohibition and anti Mormon lines with multiple tickets in Utah.
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New York
Gaynor
Ohio
Cincinnati
John Wald Peck
Louis Schwab
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Bahr
Johnson
Utah
Salt Lake
John S. ‘Bransford
J. D. Murdock
Reppublicans
W. R. Wallace
Captured in Wyoming to face assault with intent murder
Walter Smith, colored, accused of shooting E. J. Story owner of the Richelieu club after a card game row. Smith was captured near Kemmerer and returned to Pocatello for arraignment. The story also notes a separate, brutal homicide of a young woman found murdered and the police scrutiny of Mantir and Delorey with Delorey claiming no part in the killing.
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Richelieu Club
Walter Smith
E. J. Story
Fox
Kemmerer
Sheriff’s Office
Ellis
Pocatello
Smith
Story
Pacific Hotel
Trial Set In Arlington Girl's Murder Case
Boston November 2 The trial of Peter C Delorey and James Mantir is to begin in East Cambridge Superior Court tomorrow for the murder of Annie Mullins a young domestic found mutilated in an Arlington field last March The case drew intense local attention as detectives pursued clues and one suspect confessed linking Mantir to the crime and the Mullins case remains a stark local tragedy.
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Annie Mullins
Mantir
Delorey
Boston
Mass
Peter C. Delorey
James Mantir
Superior Court
East Cambridge
Arlington
Mullins
Topeka weighs adopting commission government plan
Topeka voters decide on adopting the commission form as in Leavenworth and other Kansas cities. Businessmen largely support the proposal while most politicians and office holders oppose it, making this an unusually spirited election. A large early turnout signals broad interest in the measure.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Leavenworth
Commission
Supreme Court hears Minnesota rail tax cases
In Washington November 2 the Supreme Court heard arguments in Great Northern and Great Western railroads v Minnesota. The disputes center on the validity of the state’s ad valorem rail property tax law and were decided against the railroads by Minnesota courts.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Great Northern
Chicago
Great Western
Minnesota
Eee
Wheat Market Declines in Chicago Trade
Chicago on November 2 reports December wheat closing at 1.04 and a half cents higher or lower as trading closes. Market activity shows price movement with traders watching supply and demand signals.
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Chicago
Barrie and Pauline Chase Said Near Marriage
Reports claim author and playwright J M Barrie intends to wed American actress Pauline Chase who rose to fame in London and played Peter Pan in the capital. Chase, a Washington native, gained early stage notice in New York about four years ago and is regarded as a leading young American actress.
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J. M. Barrie
Pauline Chase
London
Miss Chase
Washington
New York
Mr. Barrie
Subway matter up again before Commercial Club
A special meeting of the Pocatello Commercial club at the Y M C A will discuss locating a subway street crossing over the Short Line tracks south of Center. The club seeks a location not through the Franklin Hayes brewery basement and aims to involve the city council in restricting street openings, with the railroad anxious to begin soon.
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Center Street
Center
Pocatello Commercial Club
Carter Street
Terry
Carter
Franklin & Hayes Brewery
D. W. Church
the Commercial Club
Roland Holmes Called by Death
Roland W. Holmes a prominent young businessman of Pocatello died at 1 15 pm after lingering near his wife and friends for nearly three weeks. Known as Happy Holmes for energy and integrity he earned wide respect and admiration among the community. He faced death with devotion to his wife and steadfast work ethic, a loss that shocks the town.
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Pocatello
Roland W. Holmes
Angel of Death
Grim Reaper
Holmes
Appeal Granted in Barker Lumber Civil Suits
Moscow November 2 Judge Dietrich granted an appeal in the Barker Lumber Company civil suits decided for the defense by Judge Bean of Oregon earlier. The appeal cites 14 error points and includes forged document allegations about former Governor Frank Steunenberg and others, with Wickersham approving the course of prosecutors. The case moves to the U S circuit court of appeals in San Francisco.
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Moscow
Dietrich
Barker Lumber Company
Bean
Oregon
Fie
Spe
Peyton Gordon
George B. Wickersham
Gordon
Frank Steunenberg
Tipton
United States
Idaho
James T. Barber
Wickersham
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Gompers and Morrison Found Guilty of Contempt
Washington reports the district court of appeals upheld the DC supreme court ruling finding Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor guilty of contempt in the Buck Stove and Range case. They were sentenced to jail for disobeying an order to desist from listing Buck Stove and Range on their boycott list.
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American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove & Range
District Court of Appeals
Washington
Denieken
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Buck Stove and Range
Sheppard
America
Court
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Tunfair
Happy Holmes Dies in Typhoid Pneumonia at About 30
Roland W. Holmes, long time candy and ice cream businessman in Pocatello, dies at nearly thirty after typhoid fever and pneumonia. Wife and brother mourn. Elks lodge likely to oversee funeral, reflecting his standing as a leading BPOE member.
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Roland Holmes
Pocatello
Holmes
Harry Petersen
Grim Reaper
Roland W. Holmes
The
Elks
B. P. O. E. Lodge
Railroads in race for timber belt line in northern Idaho
Two NP Railway engineer teams and three crews from the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line race to locate a line into the timber belt on the north fork of the Clearwater river in northern Idaho. Hill and Milwaukee teams split locations around Ahsahka to Dent, with western lumber firms pressing for timely timber removal as lines are built.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company
Clearwater River
Idaho
Ahsahka
Dent
Milwaukee Engineers
Tastern and
Western Lumber Companies
Hunters bag lone buck at Mink and Midnight creeks
Nearly a score of hunters hunted the headwaters of Mink and Midnight creeks Sunday for big game. Al Hall and A B Zener killed a fine buck from a herd of five after tracking through knee deep snow from Midnight Creek to Gibson Jack Creek and back.
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Mink
Midnight Creeks
al Hall
A. B. Zener
Midnight Creek
Gibson Jack Creek
Philadelphia hosts three day DAR annual conference
Philadelphia opens the three day annual conference of Pennsylvania Daughters of the American Revolution with a reception at Independence Hall. Delegates and visitors from across the state attend the event today.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Independence Hall
Kate Foley Faces Sixth Trial in Disturbing Peace Case
Berkeley, November 2. For the sixth time in as many weeks Miss Kate Foley stood trial on a charge of disturbing the peace of Miss Carolina Bell. In five preceding trials Foley defeated her accusers by acquittal or hung jury.
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Berkeley
Cal
Kate Foley
Carolina Bell
Rain Tonight and Wednesday Weather Update
Rain is expected tonight and again on Wednesday with cooler temperatures. Cloudy skies and showers may reduce outdoor activity. A cold front could bring breezier conditions later this week.
Brick Work Underway on Short Line Store Building
Contractor Paul Gartner began laying brick on the Short Line general store in this city. The 80 by 266 foot, two story with basement structure will use Salt Lake brick and rise as the steel frame nears completion. Work on the second half and a roundhouse addition for fifteen engines will follow as weather permits.
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Paul Gartner
Short
Salt Lake
Utah
Gartner
Hi Ki football team lineup listed for challenge
The Hi Ki football team responds to a challenge by printing their October 30 1909 issue lineup with players Jim Moore Bumgardner Joe Popene Harry Thompson Billy Jones Charley Hanscombe Indian John Jim Davidson Louie Roter J P Sullivan Bill Edwards J G Sanders captain and Albert B Fisher manager
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Tribune
Hi-Ki
Jim Moore
Bumgardner
Joe Popene
Harry Thompson
Billy Jones
Charley Hanscombe
Indian John
Jim Davidson
Louie Roter
J. P. Sullivan
Bill Edwards
J. G. Sanders
Albert
Academy Girl Dead In Rexburg At Fifteen
Miss Maybelle Smith aged 15 of Rexburg died yesterday forenoon at 11 at the general hospital from appendicitis. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles J Smith, she attended the Academy of Idaho. Remains prepared by Undertaker Lindquist and to be shipped to Thornton Idaho for interment.
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Maybelle Smith
Rexburg
Charles J. Smith
General Hospital
Lindquist
Thornton
Idaho
Academy of Idaho
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Indianapolis
Beveridge
Ilinois
Illinois
Wyoming
E.J. Storey
Iptaacs
Subway
Commercial Club
Barker Lumber
China
Pekin
Chien-tao
Japan
O.S.L
Academy
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